My college is doing the OCR optional module on Materials this year for the first time (they normally do Cosmology). Can anyone guide me to some free past papers as the office only seems to have the mark schemes and I would really like to see the type of thing I'm heading for in January. Thanks folks
Thanks for the reply Teachercol. I've got the book, I was just hoping that sombody might have a old paper or two lying around - hence the word free. As the unit is so unpopular I think I am going to have to visit the OCR site with some money.
The problem is as ever, that OCR papers are copyright and no-one is allowed to reproduce them electronically. In theory that includes photocopying and scanning too.
Teachercol - I hadn't thought about the copyright issues, rather naughty of me, but I am more interested in the learning than the profit (knock knock ....... good morning officer how can I help you )
Hmm - must be clairvoyant. I've just had an email from OCR saying that they are making their past papers available!
Free past papers now available online Tuesday 16 October 2007
OCR has begun the first stage of a planned release of free past papers onto the website.
In response to your feedback, we have published 1,000 free-to-download 2006 past papers, mark schemes and examiner reports. There are a few exceptions where we cannot secure copyright, but the majority of qualifications are now covered.
We have also published more than 100 of our papers from 2007, with more due online soon.
OCR's revised policy means that, in future, many more question papers will be published on the website after each exam series.
Once published online, the papers will remain available for at least two years. Again, you can download all these papers free of charge.